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Tobaccomen Fight
To Get Graders
On Early Market
Deane Working To
Hold Thigpen
To Commitments
Scott, Deane Are Moore Visitors
Sanford, Carthage
Meetings Held
Tobacco farmers and ware
housemen of the Middle Belt,
holding a determined meeting at
the Carthage courthouse Tuesday
morning, unanimously endorsed
a resolution petitioning that
James E. Thigpen, successor to
Charles E. Gage as head of the
department of agriculture’s to
bacco branch, live up to certain
commitments made last March
by his predecessor in office.
These involved the furnishing
of tobacco graders for the Middle
Belt markets, at an opening to be
held concurrently with that of
the Eastern Belt. Eastern Belt
markets have always opened two
to three weeks ahead of those of
the Middle Belt markets' at Car
thage, Aberdeen, Sanford aiid
Puquay-Varina, a condition felt
to be inequitable.
Telegrams Sent
The petition, addressed to the
department of agriculture and
■Mr. Thigpen, was dispatched in
telegram form to them and also
to Congressman C. B. Deane, who
is helping the Middle Belt men
in their fight; Congressman Har
old Cooley of the Fourth district,
member of the House agricultur
al committee, who started out
helping but now appears to have
cooled off; Senators Hoey and
Umstead; Flake Shaw, head of
the North Carolina Farm Bureau
and Harry B. Caldwell, head of
the State Grange. ...
The meeting was opened by
Leland McKeithen, of Pinehurst,
pinch-hitting for Congressman
Deane, and later turned over to
Walter H. Paramore, of Fuquay-
Varina, who served as discussion
leader. With results anticipated
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Post Office Ends
Year Qf Growth,
Wins High Rating
This picture was made in front of the Sandhill Citizen office at
Aberdeen last Thursday just before the luncheon honoring W. Kerr
Scott, Democratic nominee for governor, held at the Pilot restau
rant with 40 present. Gathered for an informal session before lunch
were, front row, from left, John S. Buggies, chairman of the South-,
ern Pines Scott committee in the pripiary campaigns; Rep. C. B.
Deane of Rockingham, who was passing through town and stopped
to join the luncheon group; Mr. Scott. Back row—W. Lament Brown,
of Aberdeen and Pinebluff; T. K. Gunter, Jr., Southern Pines; J.
Hawley Poole, West End; Tony Tolar, Raleigh, who was traveling
with Mr. Scott. (Photo by Preston Matthews)
Scott Meets Informally With Loeal
Group, Asks Cooperation In Program
FROM HOME
Not only did all departments of
the Southern Pines post office
show an increase in business over
1946 during the fiscal year just
ended, but a rise of from 90 to
91.5 per cent was noted in the
rating given by postal inspectors
on their annual visit this week.
Release of the fiscal year’s fig
ures was delayed by the visit of
the inspectors, who spent Mon
day and part of Tuesday check
ing all phases of operations, and
auditing all books. Their report,
and the high rating given, were
in line with the local post office’s
record of accomplishment over a
number of years.
Year's Receipts
Figures released by Acting
Postmaster A. Garland Pierce
this week showed the post office
not only maintaining its position
as first class (above $40,000)
which it precariously 'attained
last year, but showing a sizeable
surplus. Receipts from July 1,
1947, through June 30, 1948, were
$42,410.39. For the preceding
year, they were $40,778.31. The
difference of $1,162.08 represents
a four per cent increase.
For the quarter ending June
30, receipts of $10,175.99 repre
sented a gain of $727.24, or 7.69
per cent, over those of the same
quarter in 1946—$9,448.75.
Postal Savings
Another good business indica
tion'reported by Mr. Pierce was
the rise in postaP savings, which
on June 30 of this year were
$173,738, and of last year were
$167,103—a gain of $6,635, or 3.97
per cent.
At the same time, however, he
noted, purchases of savings
bonds had declined to almost
nothing, with the postal savings
evidently receiving strong pref
erence as a means of safeguard
ing financial reserves.
The three inspectors,- headed
by J. R. Risley, came from the
office of the Chief of Inspection
Service at Atlanta, Ga.
Longleaf pine boughs and
cones from the Sandhills
adorned the North Carolina
room at the Hotel Statler,
Cleveland. O.. during the an
nual convention of the Na
tional Education association
held there last week.
They were sent on ahead
by A. C, Dawson, Jr., of
Southern Pines, president of
the association's North Caro
lina unit, who with> Mrs.
Dawson attended the con
vention.
Each stale had its own
room in the headquarters ho-
teL Besides the contributions
from the Sandhills, the Tar
heel Stale headquarters was
beautified with huge photo
graphic murals of scenes in
the slate made by Bayard
Wooten, of Chapel HUl. and
supplied by Bill Sharpe, of
the state advertising bureau.
New Draft Board
To Be Nominated;
^Vets May Serve
"People Have Spoken,"
Says Governor-Nominee
Letters were received Tuesday
by John Willcox, H. Lee Thomas
and Sam C. Riddle of Carthage
from the office of Gov
ernor Cherry, asking that they
submit nominations for members
for a county draft board, to serve
when the Selective Service is re
vived this fall.
This is according to the gener
al procedure by which the clerk
of superior court, the superinten
dent of schools and the chairman
of the board of elections of each
county are constituted a nomin
ating committee for this purpose.
Nominations are to be made
for recommendation by the Gov
ernor, for appointment by the
President—after which the
wheels will begin once more to
turn, taking in civilian youths
and turning out uniformed ser
vicemen.
A meeting of the county’s nom
inating committee was to be held
some time this week, for the sel
ection, according to the Gover
nor’s instructions, of three able
and responsible citizens repre
senting as far as possible a cross-
section of the county’ popula
tion.
Conversation by your report
er with a couple of the commit
tee members brought forth indi-
c^ons that they favor placing
World War 2 veterans on this
board.
W. Kerr Scott stopped by last
Thursday for his first visit in.
Moore county since the Demo
cratic voters overwhelmingly
nominated him as their choice
for governor.
Friends and well-wishers
greeting him at an informal
luncheon at the Pilot restaurant
in Aberdeen found him cheerful
of mood, ready of wit and even
more forceful and purposeful a
speaker than on his earlier»visit,
during the pre-primary cam-
ffaign.
The luncheon had been
ranged by H. Clifton Blue, as a
stopover on Scott’s trip down to
Laurinburg to speak at the dedi
cation of a $150,000 park pro
ject there. The word got around,
without formal invitation, and
some 40 persons, including some
former Johnson supporters; were
on hand to extend a welcome to
the governor-nominee , and to
hear his brief, spontaneous ad
dress.
A surprise visitor, who also re
ceived an enthusiastic welcome,
was Congressman C. B. Deane,
who had dropped by the office of
the Sandhill Citizen following a
meeting of tobaccomen in San
ford earlier, and had accepted
Editor Blue’s invitation to- come
along.
Deane Speaks Briefly
Mr. Blue presented Mr. Deane,
who spoke briefly, and introduc
ed some local dignitaries—
Mayors Lockey and Page of Aber
deen and Southern Pines, res
pectively, Richard Tufts of Pine
hurst, Inc., T. C. Auman, mana
ger of the Scott campaign in the
county, and others.
He then presented the gover
nor-nominee, who appealed first
of all for full party support for
the Democratic ticket in the fall
elections, then for the backing
of the state’s legislators by all
the people in putting across a
program of real progress in
North Carolina. Good roads, good
health, good schools, revision of
the tax structure and abolition of
the gag rule he gave as five es
sential points of the program, for
which a mandate has been given
by the people in their primat'y
vote.
Mention of the gag rule, and
the need of its abolition, brought
a round of applause.
From Scott's Speech
Some excerpts from his speech:
“I have told you the things
that I want to do as your Gover
nor and I mean to carry them
out, if it can be done, but I .need
the help of every one of you. As
(Continued on Page 8)
Qaud L Hay es,
Pioneer Of Town,
Succumbs Tuesday
Community Leader
For More Than
Half A Century
Buried At Mt. Hope
After Thursday Rites
By Charles Macauley
With the death of Claud L.
Hayes, Tuesday morning, passed
not only one of the very few
remaining pioneers, of Southern
Pines, but a man of vision who
spread the name of the town of
his choice with the fame of his
book store.
Celebrated in his own state and
far beyond its borders, Mr. Hayes
knew books and their writers.
For many years before failing
health kept him housebound, the
“News Depot” was the constant
gathering place of winter resi
dents and townsmen, celebrities
and the not so celebrated, dis
cussing literature in every phase
from the latest best seller to the
deeper philosophies.
Visiting Southern Pines for the
first time in 1895, Mr. Hayes re
turned the following year with
his bride, the former Miss Della
Campbell, and under what must
have been the most discourag
ing circumstances for a bookmaru
started the little Nev/s Depott
Probable Slackening of Polio
Seen; Only 4 New Cases Noted
Convalescent Center Opens
later Hayes’ Book Store, whicM
moving from place to place in atf
ever increasing expansion, gair^
ed fame and prestige. Spare time
was in those early days devoted
to giving a hand in developing
the new telephone system and to
management of the then local
newspaper, the Tourist. ^
Born in Princeton, Irid., on
April 11, 1873, the son of George
and - Stella Rhoades Hayes, Mr.
Hayes had made Southern Pines
his home for the past 5,2 years
and for more than half a century
was a vital factor in the devel
opment of the town, having serv
ed as a member of the board of
commissioners and the school
board, an organizer and charter
member of the Country club and
the Sandhills Kiwanis, a vestry
man and long time member of
Emmanuel Episcopal church, a
Mason and a Knight of Pythias.
Two years ago the family cele
brated their combined 50th wed
ding and business anniversary
and just a short week ago all
joined in ;ai happy christening
party for the new greatgrand
child, Raymond L. Hayes, 3rd, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L.
Hayes of Chapel Hill.
Mr. Hayes is survived by his
widow; a daughter, Mrs. Wil
liam Matchett, of Elgin, Ill.; a
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Edna
Hayes; six grandchildren and
two greatgrandchildren.
Funeral services, conducted by
his pastor, the Rev. F. Craighill
Brown, were held at 11 o’clock
Thursday morning, in Emman
uel Episcopal church, followed
by Masonic services at the grave
side-in Mt. Hope cemetery. Pall
bearers were C. N. Page, Albert
Bretsch, Dr. G. G. Herr, James
D. Swett, Ralph Chandler, Dr.
R. M. McMillan, E. C. Stevens
and Charles S. Patch.
In respect to the memory of
their departed associate, all the
business places of Southern Pines
closed during the services.
In the passing of Claud L.
Hayes, Southern Pines has lost
one of its foremost citizens, a
noteworthy personage whose
memory will long linger with a
host, of loyal friends and associ
ates.
With the opening of the Moore
County hospital’s polio convales
cent center Friday, ambulances
started bringing home Moore
county children who had been in
out-of-county hospitals since they
were first stricken, and were now
adjudged to be in the convales
cent stage.
By Wednesday afternoon 13
had arrived; one had already been
discharged and 12 were being at
tended by eight nurses secured
through the American Red Cross,
and a physiotherapist sent by the
National Infantile Paralysis
Foundation.
The children are in a wing to
themselves, and are being kept
in isolation, with no visitors per
mitted them except members of
their immediate families, who
may see them twice a week.
Treatment Given
The children are all said to be
past the infectious stage, and not
now in need of the highly spe
cialized service available in only
a few hospitals of the state set up
to receive new cases. Physiother
apy treatments are given as often
as needed, daily in some cases.
All the children were said to
have stood the trip nicely, and to
be getting on well.
This week the children were
enjoying an electric record f)lay-
er and records donated by the
Southern Pines Rotary club,
gift for which Paul C. Butler,
chairman of the county Infantile
Paralysis chapter, expressed
thanks for all the chapter.
The gift was made after con
sultation with him as to what
might be needed by the little pa
tients, a procedure he said he
hopes that all others planning
gifts will adopt. While the chil
dren want and appreciate things
for their entertainment, such gifts
must be carefully selected.
Most of the children are very
young, many of the parents are
bringing needed items and there
is a real danger that they might
be overwhelmed by an excess of
unplanned generosity on the pub
lic’s part.
Continued on Page 4)
Red Cross Buys New Home Here
Quarantine Goes On;
Dawson Heads Spray
Program Here
$24,500 Applied For
From National Fund
The Moore County chapter of
the American Red Cross this week
acquired a permanent home, with
the purchase of the building at
113-115 East Broad street at pres
ent occupied by Radio Station
WSTS.
The building was bought from
the Sandhills Broadcasting cor
poration for $21,000, according to
an announcement Wednesday by
Col. George P. Hawes, Jr., chair
man of the county chapter. The
chapter offices, now located in
the Hotel Belvedere building on
West Broad street, will be moved
to their new location about Oc
tober 1.
The purchase was m.ade pos
sible, Colonel Hawes said, through
the fact that Moore County citi^
zens have for the past several
years oversubscribed their quo
tas in the annual Red Cross fund
raising campaigns. Surpluses
which would ordinarily have been
transferred to the national fund
have been set aside, through ar
rangement made some months
ago by local leaders, and are now
made available for the purchase
of the building through a. special
authority from the National Red
Cross.
Amortization Plan
It was explained that the chap
ter is now able, through this
means, to pay $10,000 on the pur
chase price, and that amounts
equalling rent now being paid
wilt be applied against the mort
gage, to pay it off in about six
years. In the meantime the
building will be held by the Citi
zens Bank and Trust company,
with W. P. Saunders and Garland
McPherson as co-trustees for the
American Red Cross.
The new building contains two
upstairs apartments. It was not
revealed at this time if they are
to continue to be rented, with in
come accruing, or if the chapter
will use the upstairs space.
Recent Improvements
The building, formerly occu
pied by Pope’s restaurant, was
purchased by the Sandhills
Broadcaseting corporation in
April, 1947, from Leon Seymour
of Aberdeen, for $19,000. Many
improvements were made in the
course of its remodeling, includ
ing the cinderbricking of the long
side wall, the lining of the inte
rior walls with acoustex, the di
vision into studios and offices
and the installation of new rest
rooms.
The result, for the Red Cross
chapter, is a modern and spa
cious home, for which it has long
felt a need, as its activities in
creased during the past few years
and the present rented home was
outgrown.
Originally established in the
upstairs apartment now occupied
by the VF'W clubrooms, the chap
ter moved to its present location
during the war. Consistent
growth nmtivated its leaders to
start last fall on the search for a
new location'.
With four polio cases reported
this week in contrast to six, eight
and 15 in the weeks immediately
a preceding, leaders in the county’s
fight against the disease express
ed themselves cautiously as feel
ing that it is probable the peak
has mow been passed in Moore.
However, said Dr. J. W. Will
cox, county health officer, there
are no signs of its diminution in
the state as a whole, and the
strict quarantine now in effect
for children 15 and under will
not be relaxed yet by one iota.
This week’s four victims, all
from two to eight years old, were
Pauline Key, eight, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Judson Key, of
Carthage, Rt. 3, taken to the
Guilford Polio Center at Greens
boro last Thursday; Herbert Otis
Hussey, two, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Otis Hussey, of Robbins, Rt. 1, to
Duke hospital, Durham, also last
Thursday; Glenn Ray Britt, four,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Parker Britt, Star, Rt. 1, to Rex
hospital, Raleigh, Saturday; and
Ronald Moore, two, son of Mr.
and Mr& C.urtis Moore, Robbins,
to Rex hospital Wednesday.
46 Cases for Year
This brought the county’s total
for the year to 46 cases. One re
ported last week, Paul Cummins,
of , Cameron, RFD, turned out to
be a Harnett county case. How
ever, the name of Wayne Spivey,
three, of Cameron, was omitted
by accident from last week’s list
and total. He has been ill five
weeks and is one of the children
returned to the county on the
opening of the Moore County
hospital’s convalescent center.
Dawson Appointed
Preventive measures are
(Continued on Page 5)
Second Fire-Truck Chaser Fined
CHANGES HANDS
The transfer of Hayes'
Booki^tore and the adjoining
building on West Broad
street, housing Mrs. Hayes'
shop to Col. Wallace Simpson
of Pinehurst was filed last
week at the register of deeds'
office at Carthage. The sale ‘
was effected June 30.
The business will be con
tinued under its present poli
cies, with 'the name of the
Hayes Sandhill Bookstore, it
'was learned.
“Maybe now folks 'will know
we really mean it, and be more
careful,” said Fire Chief O’Cal
laghan and Police Chief Newton
this week, reporting the second
arrest within eight days of a fire-
truck chaser who did his chasing
'too last.
In fact, to chase a fire truck
with any success, you have to
be going much too fast—50-plus
miles an hour.
That’s what Whit Hines, Ne
gro, 31, was doing Thursday
morning, as he stayed fight on
the fire truck’s tailboard as it
sped to a West Southern Pines
fire. Chief Newton arrested him,
and members of both the fire and
police departments were witness
es in the hearing held before
Magistrate D. E. Bailey that
afternoon.
It cost Hines $18.50—$10 plus
costs, on two charges, speeding,
and running too close to a fire
truck.
Garland Williams, of Aberdeen,
last week paid $30, as he also
crashed a red light in his eager
ness to get there as soon as the
firemen, if not before.
“We’re going to keep on mak
ing arrests until the fire-chasing
stops,” Chief Newton warned,
and Fire Chief O’Callaghan add
ed, “We understand the very hu
man desire to see a fire. How
ever, people have just got to let
the firemen are at the fire, and
able to get to work putting it
out, people can watch all they
please, from a safe distance.”
He reminded that usually both
trucks go out, the fipst practically
at once, the second as soon as
more volunteer firemen arrive.
Sometimes the second truck is
two or three blocks behind the
first. If the street between is
clogged with cars, it can’t get
hrough.
Many of the volunteer firemen
also come in their own cars, and
have to get there as fast as the
trucks.
Delay in the important work
of getting the fire out, and also
extra danger to firemen, are con
sideration in the strict enforce
ment of the speed laws now be
ing put into effect. Nobody is
exempt—everybody who speeds
behind, beside or in front of the
fire tfick is going to be arrested
and pay for his. thrill.
The city ordinance says that
when a fire alarm sounds, cars
moving on the street are to draw
up at the curb and stop until the
fire truck gets by,” O’Callaghan
pointed out. ‘‘‘Pedestrians are
supposed also to get off the street.
Then go on to the fire if you
want, staying within the usual
speed limit. You’ll see a lot bette*'
show if you can watch the fire
men working, than if you watch
a house bum down with nobody
still
Dr. McMillan
Extends Hospital
His Good Wishes
the firemen get there first. Once there to put it out.”
Dr. R. M. McMillan, president
of the Moore County Medical so
ciety, said this week that he had
filled out an application blank
for membership on the staff of
St. Joseph of the Pines, and that
he wishes the new hospital suc
cess and will cooperate in its at
tainment in every way he can.
He said he beheved that other
doctors of the county would feel
the same way. “Many of us have
worked in Catholic hospitals and
know that they are fine institu
tions,” he said. “The Sisters are
known as splendid nurses, well
qualified in their profession.”
At St. Joseph’s it was learned
that a number of Sandhills doc
tors have applied for staff mem
bership, and that an organization
meeting will be held soon.
To Sister Anastasia, head of the
hospital. Dr. McMillan wrote as
follows:
Dear Sister M. Anastasia:
As president of the Moore
County Medical society, I wish at
this time to acknowledge your
kind letter of June 28 addressed
to the members of the society
and read at the regular monthly
meeting by Dr. Francis Owens.
’We greatly appreciate your of-,
fering the facilities of the hospi
tal to the qualified physicians
of the county, and in return let
me say that we shall be happy
to cooperate with you in every
possible way.
Personally, I wish also to ac
knowledge receipt of your letter
of July 6 with accompanying ap
plication for staff membership. I
am returning herewith my com
pleted application form, and,
should my appointment be rec
ommended by the staff and con
firmed by the governing board, I
shall be • happy to immediately
enter into plans for further staff
organization.
Looking forward to meeting
you personally in the very near
future, I am
Sincerely yours,
Robert M. McMillan, M. D.